![]() These senators were not popular men, so the Senate decided to raise Marcus Antonius Gordianus to the rank of Caesar. The Senate, showing its hostility towards Maximinus by supporting the Gordiani, elected Pupienus and Balbinus as joint emperors. This revolt was suppressed within a month by Cappellianus, governor of Numidia and a loyal supporter of Maximinus Thrax. ![]() ![]() In 238 a rebellion broke out in the Africa Province, where Gordian's grandfather and uncle, Gordian I and II, were proclaimed joint emperors. ![]() In the following years, there was a growing opposition against Maximinus in the Roman senate and amongst the majority of the population of Rome. In 235, following the murder of Emperor Alexander Severus in Moguntiacum (modern Mainz), the capital of the Roman province Germania Superior, Maximinus Thrax was acclaimed Emperor.
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